football
Greece
Olympiacos All But Secure Greek Soccer Title
Olympiacos closed in on a 45th Greek league title on Sunday with a 1-0 win at closest rivals PAOK Salonika.
As the Greek Super League emerged from a three-month coronavirus shutdown, Olympiacos opened up a 17-point lead with nine games...
Greece
Greek Football Resumes on June 6
The Greek government on Wednesday has given permission to the country's Super League to restart the football season on June 6. A maximum of 300 spectators would be allowed into the grounds.
Football came to an abrupt end at the...
Europe
Coronavirus: UEFA Postpones Euro 2020 Championship for One Year
The latest ''victim'' of the global Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday was the Euro, Europe's most well-known and beloved football championship for its national teams.
The UEFA European Football Championship, as it is officially known, was scheduled to begin on June...
Greece
Europa League: Greece's Olympiacos to Face England's Wolves in The Last 16
Following Friday's draw, Greece's Olympiacos football club will face England's Wolves for the round of 16 in the Europa League.
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The Wolverhampton Wanderers, as the West Midlands club is officially named, beat Spain's Espanyol in the round of 32, while...
Greece
Olympiacos Triumphs Against Arsenal in Historic Night For Greek Football
Olympiacos celebrated one of its biggest achievements in its history by overturning a 1-0 defeat by Arsenal at Piraeus to win 2-1 in London on Thursday and secure a place in the last 16 of the Europa Cup.
Youseff El...
Greece
Worst Tragedy in Greek Football Remembered
Hundreds of people attended a ceremony on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the tragic deaths of 21 football fans on February 8, 1981.
The Karaiskakis Stadium disaster is the biggest football tragedy in Greece’s history, and among the worst...
Greece
PM Mitsotakis Announces FIFA-UEFA Memorandum for Greek Football
Speaking before the Greek Parliament on Thursday evening, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that his administration will seek an agreement with the international and European governing bodies of football to address issues with the country's troubled Superleague.
Greece aims to draft...
Greece
Parliament Approves Amendment Sparing PAOK and Xanthi From Relegation
The Greek Parliament on Wednesday approved a last-minute amendment introduced by the government which spares Greece's football champion PAOK and Xanthi FC from being relegated down from the Superleague.
The government's amendment garnered 156 positive votes, while 90 MPs voted...
Greece
Political Turmoil Follows Suggestion of PAOK and Xanthi Relegation
Government spokesperson Stelios Petsas announced on Tuesday that following orders of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, MEP Theodoros Zagorakis will be expelled from the European Parliament caucus of the New Democracy party.
The announcement came as the latest episode in a...
Greece
Greek Super League Champion PAOK Threatened with Relegation
Greece's Professional Sports Committee announced on Monday that the football teams of PAOK and Xanthi must be excluded from the Superleague, the country's top football league.
The shocking announcement was made because, according to the Committee, the team of PAOK...